yes, lets talk about the stock only . i think you missed my whole point about why refurbs are so varied and that was bcos of different companies refurbishing them.
its obvious that emmab stock was done by someone who has no access to a tula stamp so probably not done at tula . when the worker was ordered to make one up, its obvious he is no craftman, we can see that, he aint fooling anyone. so if he isnt fooling anyone then he was doing it to restore what was once there (or think that was once there), albeit he done a poor job in the restoration but its still a period russsian SKS and not a new production made to look old. like emmab said the poor hand stamp doesnt change the fact the rest of the rifle which is still a period russian SKS, it wouldnt have made no difference whether it was blank or not but now that it created some controversy , i think emmab was lucky to have it, it shows character.
there are a couple of things you have to keep in mind about the 1949 stock, it is even rarer than the rifle itself, obviously its made out of wood and probably most 1949 were issued and well used , cracked and damage, unlike the 54 and 55 where they made enuff to put in storage .
another thing is if the spike wood is rare and i can see from yoopers site that one has a stamp and one without and both are refurb then we actually dont know whether the tula stamp was original or stamped during refurb, maybe there wasnt any stamp to begin with, we just dont know at this point. i have yet to see about a dozen or so 1949 out of the US in the past few years on gunbroker.com that is a non-refurb, most came with a blade bayo and a blade stock.
btw: the huge pic you posted is a blade stock , not a spike so the "1949" was stamp during refurb.
its obvious that emmab stock was done by someone who has no access to a tula stamp so probably not done at tula . when the worker was ordered to make one up, its obvious he is no craftman, we can see that, he aint fooling anyone. so if he isnt fooling anyone then he was doing it to restore what was once there (or think that was once there), albeit he done a poor job in the restoration but its still a period russsian SKS and not a new production made to look old. like emmab said the poor hand stamp doesnt change the fact the rest of the rifle which is still a period russian SKS, it wouldnt have made no difference whether it was blank or not but now that it created some controversy , i think emmab was lucky to have it, it shows character.
there are a couple of things you have to keep in mind about the 1949 stock, it is even rarer than the rifle itself, obviously its made out of wood and probably most 1949 were issued and well used , cracked and damage, unlike the 54 and 55 where they made enuff to put in storage .
another thing is if the spike wood is rare and i can see from yoopers site that one has a stamp and one without and both are refurb then we actually dont know whether the tula stamp was original or stamped during refurb, maybe there wasnt any stamp to begin with, we just dont know at this point. i have yet to see about a dozen or so 1949 out of the US in the past few years on gunbroker.com that is a non-refurb, most came with a blade bayo and a blade stock.
btw: the huge pic you posted is a blade stock , not a spike so the "1949" was stamp during refurb.
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